Grant wrote:Wow your body work really does look great so far.
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Sorry about your windshield. That's exactly why I would have mine professionally removed; I always screw stuff up like that.
I have to do some similar rust repair with my right rear fender area too... I bought the panel that wraps around the rear underneath the bumper from Wolf Steel, and the fitment wasn't ideal, but I can make it work (plus the bumper skin covers that part). Did you buy the whole fender from Wolf Steel or just the patch panel for the fender near the rockers? I'm not sure what to do now that you said you can't even use it... was it really that bad? :\
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm learning as I am going, so its good to receive some positive feedback on the bodywork from someone else. Every time I look at it, I find something to nit-pick at, "You should have done this!", "That section looks like crap!" haha.
As for the Wolf Steel piece, the fitment wasn't awful but it was less than Ideal for sure. I just bought the patch panel section, not the whole fender. Up a couple posts, I show the wolf steel portion where the repair area is going to be. As you can see, the arch part just doesn't look as nice when compared to the front fender bottom I cut out. Also the "dipish/ body line" portion on the Wolf Steel piece (The part directly above the rocker area) was not deep enough at all. I had to cut a slit in it then bend it down to get it close (you should be able to see this in the post above as well). In reality, I think I could have made the panel work, but I switched to the passenger front fender portion for 3 reasons.
Firstly, I had a old front passenger fender laying around that turned out to actually be usable (I originally thought that area was totally rusted out under the paint, but once removed the paint, only a small portion was.).
Secondly the front fender patch panel covered my whole repair area. The rust ate through more than I originally thought on the drivers quarter panel and the Wolf Steel piece would not cover it all. Because of this, I was going to have to mock up something else to cover the other cut out area for the repair.
Lastly, the front fender portion looked more "OEM" with the body lines. Again the wolf steel piece looked "OK" but not as "straight" as the front fender patch panel.
Of course, I could have just gotten a bad panel. Maybe the other ones they have will fit better than mine did.
Here is a comparison shot of both panels:
Wolf Steel Patch Panel:
![Image](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/katanaweapon/AE86/AE86%20Rust%20Repair/rust_patch1_zpsef43aaf7.jpg)
Front Passenger Fender Patch Panel:
![Image](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/katanaweapon/AE86/AE86%20Rust%20Repair/IMG_20141019_112419_zps507eb109.jpg)
Hope this helps
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